Chapter 1362

"The Evil Emperor's demonic nature is deep and heavy; it seems I, Feixuan, have overthought things."

Shi Feixuan sighed, feeling distressed that Su Xuan refused to live in seclusion and refused to let go of the struggle for the world. On her face, the expression of compassion for all living things grew increasingly intense.

The cold sneer at the corner of Su Xuan's mouth grew increasingly intense.

The people of Cihang Jingzhai are truly formidable.

If it were someone with a fragile heart, even if they had done nothing wrong, after seeing this posture from Shi Feixuan, they might well have immediately felt guilty. That's right, Su Xuan was still talking about Xu Ziling.

In the original work, Xu Ziling was truly influenced quite a bit by Shi Feixuan, which subsequently implicated his good brother, Kou Zhong.

Kou Zhong ultimately gave up the struggle for the world; it seemed to be for the sake of the world's unification, but in reality, wasn't it because of this good brother, Xu Ziling?

After retreating unscathed, Kou Zhong was not affected much; with his strength as a Grandmaster of martial arts, he could be an honored guest anywhere. But those people in the Young Marshal's Army were miserable.

On the surface, they were attached to Li Shimin's command.

But after all, they were once a hostile force and did not attach themselves to Li Shimin from the beginning. After losing Kou Zhong as their backer, no one knew how Li Shimin would target these people or make things difficult for them.

In any case, Su Xuan did not have high hopes for these people's future.

After these thoughts flashed by, Su Xuan sneered: "It is not that you have overthought, but that from the very beginning, you have only started from the perspective of Cihang Jingzhai. Standing from the perspective of Cihang Jingzhai, I am the Evil Emperor and the Master of the Demonic Sect; I will be the greatest enemy in the process of you assisting the Li Tang in unifying the world, severely hindering you from achieving your goal. But if you were truly considering the common people of the world, in the matter of selecting an emperor in Luoyang in the past, it would have been impossible to limit the objects to people from various powerful clans and noble families. When it comes to understanding the suffering of the common people, who can compare to the commoners who rose from the very bottom?"

Why did Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling go to steal the He's Jade that day?

In fact, it had a great deal to do with Cihang Jingzhai.

Cihang Jingzhai created the 'Heavenly Mandate to Select an Emperor' and let their successor, Shi Feixuan, go out to extensively search for talents in the world and ask about the way of ruling. It looked fair and just, but unfortunately, Cihang Jingzhai had already decided on the candidate from the very beginning.

What kind of people did they ask?

They were either from powerful clans or people from noble families.

The only ones they did not ask were commoners like Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Even if they were extraordinary.

Cihang Jingzhai never thought they could win the world. Even if one day they truly achieved a great feat, Cihang Jingzhai would not think of changing their mind, but would continue to follow their initial idea to dismantle their forces.

In short, letting commoners win the world was never in Cihang Jingzhai's plan from the start.

Even for those from noble families and powerful clans, Cihang Jingzhai had their considerations.

Their standard of consideration was whether Buddhism would flourish after the other party became the master of the world.

"If it were truly for the common people of the world, it should not be you persuading me to contend for the world. Sometimes, compromise is also a way. Why can it not be you, Cihang Jingzhai, taking the initiative to attach yourselves to my command and assist me in contending for the world?"

Su Xuan stated a solution, but clearly, Shi Feixuan would not agree to such a thing.

Feeding the demon with one's body—if this could be exchanged for Su Xuan, the Evil Emperor, retiring from the Jianghu, this deal could naturally be made, because the only one sacrificed would be herself.

But if she were to compromise with Su Xuan and Cihang Jingzhai helped Su Xuan unify the world, with the Dao and Demon paths merging, the entire Cihang Jingzhai would be sacrificed, and from now on, the righteous path would be completely subjugated under the demonic path. Shi Feixuan clearly could not do such a thing.

In the end, the so-called 'for the common people of the world' was just a slogan, an excuse.

Ultimately, Cihang Jingzhai doing so many things was all for themselves.

You must know, before Buddhism spread to the East, there was no Cihang Jingzhai in this world. At that time, the Heavenly Mandate was not held by anyone, and wasn't the world doing just fine?

Cihang Jingzhai holding the Heavenly Mandate was purely an unnecessary act.

"Amitabha!"

Shi Feixuan chanted a Buddhist name, and an expression of compassion appeared on her face once again.

Su Xuan knew that Shi Feixuan could not answer this question and was just using the Buddhist name to cover up the unease in her heart.

Shi Qingxuan on the side also noticed this point.

After Su Xuan and Shi Feixuan talked extensively about the world and expressed their conflicting opinions, she revealed a thoughtful expression.

She did not know what she was thinking about.

Su Xuan also noticed some changes in Shi Qingxuan, but he did not point them out. After all, the person in front of him now was Shi Feixuan. Thus, he said another sentence: "Does Miss Shi really think that Li Shimin, whom you have chosen, is truly the person of Heavenly Mandate?"

"He might be able to become the new emperor, but that does not mean that after he ascends the throne, Buddhism will flourish."

"You must know, the Li Clan is surnamed Li!"

Li, this surname is somewhat special, even if the Li of the Li Clan is not pure, and even has mixed blood with the Hu people.

But sometimes, if one really wants to trace the source, it can still be traced back to a very distant era.

Shi Feixuan immediately heard the meaning in Su Xuan's words.

The Daoist ancestor Lao Dan was surnamed Li.

According to Su Xuan's words, after the Li Tang unified the world, could it be that the Li Tang would promote the Daoist Sect and suppress the Buddhist Sect?

Shi Feixuan believed that this was Su Xuan deliberately sowing discord between the Buddhist and Daoist sects.

In the world today, both the Buddhist and Daoist sects are righteous paths, but the Daoist sect is subjugated under the Buddhist sect, and even the number one person of the Daoist sect, Ning Daoqi, is willing to assist the Buddhist sect.

However, regarding this matter, Shi Feixuan still felt a trace of vigilance.

Because she thought of another thing.

That was the matter of Ning Daoqi's martial arts being crippled by Master Beiming. According to Ning Daoqi, the person behind Master Beiming was precisely this Evil Emperor in front of her. This Evil Emperor also had another title, called… Dao Master.

This time, the two sects and six paths of the Demonic Sect gathered in Luoyang, which was the handiwork of this Evil Emperor, as the other party wanted to unify the forces of the Demonic Sect.

But if one connects the matter of Master Beiming, it proves that this person also has ideas about the Daoist Sect.

That is why Shi Feixuan believed that the other party was a demonic tribulation.

She must stop the other party.

Shi Feixuan's expression changed again and again, and then she recovered.

Su Xuan saw this and knew that Shi Feixuan had stabilized her heart again, so he said another heart-piercing sentence.

"As the last sentence before tearing off the mask, let me reveal one more piece of information to you."

"The previous Sect Master of the Demon Image Sect, his name… is Changsun Sheng!"